Hardwood Propagation - EASY Elderberry cuttings and more!

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This is a straight forward discussion on how we propagate Elderberry from hardwood cuttings. The ideas in here work just as well for Currants and Willows and other easy to root plants.
This process can be done in the late fall when leaves have dropped or early spring before leaves bud out. Planting a nursery bed of cuttings in the spring can provide you MANY incredibly well rooted plants ready for sale, trade or orchard establishment in the fall. You can also direct field plant with a little TLC and thought.
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[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Can confirm. Bought 3 elders three years ago, and have turned those 3 into about 30. Could easily have 300 or more. Give each one a good year or two before taking cuttings from it. Nothing better than photocopying plants/money. Everyone is worried about stock market, and here us permaculture gardeners are just photocopying wealth. (Money is money, but a food forest is wealth).

[@ericward8459]

One of the only forms of wealth that matters

[@Wolfe0803]

What an idea for a currency... Central banks are for the birds but I’m sure the birds would prefer elderberries.

[@elderfrontiers5925]

I love the concept of rooting the cuttings and doing some guerilla plantings around town. We could actually change the world in a few seasons and feed people.

[@edibleacres]

The people of each community in this country could direct things to a really amazing future. I trust that.

[@falkharvard8722]

Been doing that for years. A wasteland near my house is becoming a food forest and the land owner (some faceless corporation) doesn't know or care. Been planting beans, peas and other climbers near fences and in hedgerows. Free food for the community and it cost me NOTHING to do 👍 I am now growing cuttings from my own and native plants, rooting them and donating them to neighbours. Most have planted them now and my street if full of fruits and nut shrubs

[@lorettawinters7687]

Guerilla planting. I love that. I'd love to borrow that one. I've always wanted to sneak around and plant a bunch of plants. Fruit, flowers, herbs. They might come in handy later.

[@Michael-s2p3p]

I had thought of planting cuttings in wet areas. A source would be the best wild elderberry bushes that I harvested from this year. This video shows me how to do it. The local population of Sambucus Canadensis is about to explode. I have gallons of juice, so I’ll let the birds have the rest of the berries this year and propagate cuttings like crazy in early November. I’m in Northern Maine and this area is thick with two wild varieties. I’m going to spread out a native plant over the beaver dam it grows upon and populate the edges of cat-o-nine stands. I see multiple possibilities for this “gorilla planting” of native elderberry bushes. Great video here.

[@travisdavis1042]

@@Michael-s2p3p we found a variety near our house as well that produced this year but only two or three. You can bet next year there will be a lot more in the parks near by in my area as well as the wildlife management areas around me that seem to be forgotten about.

[@LutherMarshOrganics]

I discovered this video years ago when starting our venture, it has worked extremely well. Thanks for sharing. We've been cutting and spreading all over our property, amazing just how easy it is... just like you said. Cheers.

[@edibleacres]

Lovely! Keep spreading them far and wide!

[@conradhomestead4518]

I have playlist named Permaculture Gardening. The majority of the videos are from your channel. Maybe I should just name the playlist Edible Acres .

[@edibleacres]

Ha!

[@wrxmarcus2]

Can you share your list!? lol :D

[@Michael-s2p3p]

Wonderful video, I just turned 70 and found out about elderberry just this year! And now your video for gorilla planting cuttings in my town?!? Wonderful video, thank you for the ideas!

[@edibleacres]

Go for it!

[@arlisswirtanen7794]

This was a great video! Loved the fact that you don’t hid the realities- see how this branch broke?... o well. It does fine. See this isn’t perfect?... that’s alright. It’ll do fine! Loved that. I worked at a nursery in Alaska many years ago that they were so incredibly gentle with plants that it drove me a little crazy :) thanks for keeping it real!

[@amandathurston2720]

I throw the currents and Hylde in a bucket with willow, most grow roots , then I plant out, because the willow has natural rooting hormone, so it helps the other cutting

[@thressastockton4275]

So glad we found you. Your elderberry video a wealth of knowledge. We just bought a 1861 farm and are amazed at all our unexpected findings. Just found 4 elderberries base is huge. So excited to take cuttings.

[@ambersimpson75]

Last year I also learned you can start them in a jar of water. Those ones not only started one of them flowered at only 2 feet tall. I love seeing anything about Elderberry's. Thank you for your propagating encouragement!

[@edibleacres]

For sure, the only tricky part with the water is they can often start leafing out WAY too early (for our climate) and have a hard time with the freezing that comes later. This system keeps their timing in line with the actual season. Both are valid for sure

[@HoosierHmstrdr94]

I just planted my first elderberry cuttings today! I'm so excited! Thank you for your wonderful information and encouragement. Blessings!

[@travisdavis1042]

You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and willingness to share with all. Thank you sir!

[@huletnadof313]

I've propagated native shrub willows this way as part of a project to recreate wetlands. We took the cuttings from two-year-old shoots in late February and early March before leaves or flowers appeared. These cuttings were kept wrapped in plastic in a cooler at about 40 degrees F until early June and then pushed into moist soil in the wetland restoration site. I suppose we could have planted them earlier but the soil remained frozen much later than normal that year. Almost every one of the 500 willow cuttings produced roots and eventually shrubs.

[@edibleacres]

That is wonderful!

[@jenniferspring8741]

Fantastic that you are rebuilding wetlands. I want to do restoration work-- so important to bring back functioning ecosystems to infiltrate big rains, keep the land green in drought, stop extinctions, save our kids' futures... you know, the basics! I have been worried that I don't know how to plant and propagate trees, but I did know that shrubs love to grow. Your comment and this video are so encouraging!!

[@patjos7719]

That's fantastic, I love to see how we can each of us plant a better worls between us :) Thank you.

[@nickmartin123456]

Yes, willows are great for this. I'm doing the same thing in California. So far, propogating willows from cuttings and oaks from acorns have been the most successful. I'll have to try cuttings of native elderberry.

[@conradhomestead4518]

I need to order some elderberries from you . Thanks for sharing. I also encourage guerrilla gardening. Thanks for such an in depth video 👍

[@kellymichellelee]

I just posted this, but one of my friends had a BRILLIANT idea.. he contacted his local government and was granted permission to take over the soccer fields this year and build a community garden to improve their local food security during this global crisis.. We all need to do this. It can be collaborated remotely, in a big enough space you don't have to worry about small groups working together etc.. It could be a game changer. 💚 Live and eat local :)

[@sweetpeasbackyardgarden1236]

So glad I found this video. I've been tossing around the idea of growing elderberry and currants for medicinal purposes. Didn't have a clue how I would do it inexpensively. Now I do, thanks to you. I need to find a space in my small backyard. But, given what you indicated I can definitely make it work.

[@edibleacres]

They can fit in much closer than you may think... I wish you luck with it, although you don't need much, they are so so easy! Now to find folks locally who you can help with pruning in the fall ;)

[@maireadmcguinness4473]

this was INCREDIBLY helpful for us here in Ireland! we have tonnes of currants and elder but werent sure how and when to take cuttings to fill gaps in the hedge. the ground is warming up here and a few buds appearing so will take that oiece of advice at the end! thank you! :)

[@patjos7719]

Thank you, was just taking cuttings of willow by a stream today, planting them out further along the bank where the water has been washing the banks away, thought it might give some structure and strength to the side of the stream, noticed the elder and wild rose and wondered what could be done easily with these. Can't wait to try! Thanks for sharing.

[@jenniferspring8741]

wow, sounds beautiful! happy growing!

[@julieellis6793]

Wow! This was so informative. I just bought a black lace elderberry yesterday. I'm so glad to know that they will root so easily. I think I'll put a couple of cuttings next to the mother plant to make it bushier. Thank you for this.

[@Stuuudio2]

Elderberries have been one of my favorite plants to grow in my backyard food forest. They are so easy to propagate I end up giving so many cuttings away! Thanks for sharing your method!

[@edibleacres]

Thanks for sharing plants with others, yay!

[@acsoul1]

I pig sat for my buddy while he was out of town and I took some elder cuttings home to my apartment and stuck them in and transplanted in a bunch of mint, some comfrey, and other flowers around them. Can’t wait for them to grow.

[@jci8972]

Wonderful video. A neighbor let me take some cuttings of her elderberry and I am looking forward to adding these to my farm. Subbed for more content!

[@edibleacres]

Awesome! Hope they grow wonderfully for you.

[@Earthy-Artist]

Thank You! This video it's the most encouraging, to the point, & helpful one I've seen yet about growing elderberries! I've been wanting to grow Elderberries & currants in our suburban NJ side yard. At first Hubby wasn't on board with growing any of our food near the side walk but he had a change of heart, he's coming around now🙂!

[@allonesame6467]

That is tomorrow's task! You answered the question about doing this with elderberry that already has a little leaf! Enthusiastic and grateful for the reassurance! GARDEN ON!

[@davidthegood]

This is a great demonstration. I was just gifted some elderberry cuttings from up north.

[@edibleacres]

Hope they grow wonderfully for ya!

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

Willow water is a fantastic natural rooting hormone.

[@esthersfaith]

Thank you so much for this. 3 years ago a sweet little wildcrafter friend of mine gave me Elderberry, Goji berry and comfy. It is all taken off like wildfire. I have been looking into how I can share the wealth. Thank you for the knowledge.

[@peterburris4665]

If the soil a bit tougher than that, I have been using a grounding rod for electric fence that was cut in half(4-5 FT). It goes in the ground a bit easier. Push it in and wallow the hole out a bit based on cutting size. drive cutting in hole, then tamp or firm soil around the cutting. It works pretty well and is easier than carrying a shovel.

[@edibleacres]

Good call, thanks for this.

[@peterellis4262]

I've already grabbed scores of "ditch willow" cuttings from a stand along our roadside and put them into my deadhedge. Time to go out to the elderberries and grab a load or two of those as well. All it costs me is some time ;) And of course the benefits are tremendous

[@RobBertholf]

This was the most informative Elderberry video I have seen. Thank you!

[@edibleacres]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Coockiejr]

Thank you, rewatched this today and got excited about propagating some of my currants!

[@edibleacres]

They are super easy, hope they work beautifully for you!

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

Was transplanting a new woody stem and accidentally cut too far. Saw the beautiful living green and went "AAAHHHH... wait 🤔" i ran to see if I could root it. Thank you!!

[@battledonkey]

Beautiful! Subbed! Thanks for a very clear and informative lesson, and for your encouragement. I have a beautiful pair of 2yr. Elders I just harvested close to 7lbs. of fruit from for syrup and tincture, and this shows the logical next step for me. Cheers!

[@jeffskinner1226]

This is the kind of stuff I think is best for beginners and turning people on to permaculture.

[@heterodox3487]

At the elderberry workshop they taught us to angle cut the bottom of the cutting and flat cut the top. They began to bud here middle of February. Every cutting of yours planted last fall already has leaves🍀

[@CovilleR]

I do that too and think Edible Acres also does I think. At least two benefits of angled bottom cuts I'm aware of: - more exposed surface area on bottom to callus and contribute to rooting; and - easier to avoid planting the cutting upside down. Works without the angles, but I always try to practice that! Happy planting.

[@billastell3753]

I can see another advantage to the angle cut besides preventing a person for putting them in upside down. A pointy stick goes into the ground easier.

[@chompers11]

@@CovilleR pros also slightly angle top cut so water drains away from where the buds are

[@mmb_MeAndMyBees]

Hi from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Just increased my Elderberry 'Plant' needs by taking lots of Cuttings. 👍 My Bees love the Flowers and so do I. It takes only a few Flower Heads to make super easy Homemade 'Elderberry Cordial' ! Add Flowers Heads to a Jam making Pan. Add a good amount of Water. Bring the pan to a Simmer and Cook low and slow for about x30 Minutes. Remove the Flower Head Debris with a Slotted Spoon, or a Metal Sieve. Then strain all that Hot Liquid into a Pan big enough to take a good amount of White Caster Sugar. Add the Sugar to the now strained liquid. Simmer slowly until the Mixture is like thin Syrup. Allow to Cool. Then add to Glass Bottles with Screw Top Fixtures. (Collect up and keep Ex Grocery Store Deep Green or Brown Glass Bottles : say that Cordials, Sodas, Ginger Beers came in etc. . .) Store in a cool Cupboard. Add a dash to a Glass and top up with Cold Water. Even Fizzy Water will do too. Homemade 'Elderberry Codial' is also called Elderberry Syrup' even 'Elderberry Champagne'. You can also add the Flowers to Cream, warm it gently. Let it infuse. Add strained Cream to a Stand Mixer, Whip it to fluffy peaks, add in powdered Sugar carefully. Scoop into a Tub and Freeze it. . . You have delicious 'Elderberry Ice cream ! 😉 Elderberries make the most amazing Jam when added to Cherry and Plum Fruit. Or make Jellies using the lovely Taste of Elderberry added to the fragrant elements of Rose Hips. You will also find your Garden will be full of Nature when you plant Elderberries on mass. Flowers encourage Butterflies, the odd Bumble Bee and Honey Bees will come to you on mass too. Birds of all types will enjoy the Elderberry Fruits. As these plants produce so many Flowers and Berries there is enough for everybody ! 😉

[@edibleacres]

What a wonderful tribute to one of our favorite plant friends. Thanks so much for sharing all your observations and techniques, it's much appreciated!

[@neilbennett9281]

Love the pinning down the grass tip.

[@edibleacres]

So glad!

[@tlgardens7598]

Your channel is beyond awesome thank you for all you do

[@aternst]

Really appreciate your content. Thanks for taking time to post your vids.

[@OakSummitNursery]

Always great to review these videos at the right time of year for ideas

[@ambielutz444]

Aaaand subscribed. You had me at guerrilla planting! 😉

[@curiosidadesextrano]

Wow that's amazing!

[@carlacowling1789]

Great stuff as usual!

[@listeninglalala]

I just got some elder cuttings and this video was really helpful. Thanks!

[@edibleacres]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrBrznak]

the way you planted the elders at an angle reminds me of the "Knicks" or hedge-walls here in northern germany , you could stick the vigorous new growth into the existing hedge to let it grow into a living hedge. in traditional knicks bigger trees are felled onto the hedge for deadwood or are cut 2/3 of the way so the trunks tilt over and produce new shoots.usually planted with hawthorn, blackthorn,hornbeam, beech, rosa rugosa, blackberries and hazel,they combine perenial hugelmounts with drainage ditches, guildplanting ,coppicing,windbreaks, deer-protection and firewood production, like all your videos combined into a hedge :D

[@conradhomestead4518]

MrBrznak can you recommend a video on this topic ??? This is a fascinating idea!

[@RuubinSelena]

I originally just put one branch of Black Lace Elderberry in a pot of soil but after watching this video I took the rest of the cuttings and just plopped them down the banks behind my flower beds, I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain, thanks!

[@tanyastephens3187]

How good was this! Nice clear instructions....will try it...thanks.

[@birchmoonfarm101]

Really helpful video! Thank you for the information.

[@tippinator]

Your slight smirk when saying, Maybe you want to guerilla plant them around town, made my wife and I laugh. You've definitely done some guerilla planting in your days lol. Thank you for you knowledge and humor. Your channel has become an incredible resource and inspiration for us since we were referred to your channel in July.

[@danielmarlow2343]

tippinator check out the video “Tony’s guide to illegal tree planting” by the channel Crime Pays but botany doesn’t

[@BroadShouldersFarm]

Great video! We've had a light rain all night, and I have wild elderberry in a few spots on the farm, so I know what I'm going to do today! Thanks, Sean and Sasha!

[@edibleacres]

Happy planting! Never hurts to plant more than you think you may want :)

[@promisedjubileedaniels]

So useful! Thank you for sharing!

[@carybradley3968]

Thanks so much Sean! Your timing is always perfect for us here in coastal RI. Appreciate you!

[@artistlovepeace]

This really works. I've tried this with some of the hardwood already on my small piece of land.

[@edibleacres]

What a simple system, right?!

[@charlesbale8376]

Wonderful information, appreciated the video.

[@barrypetejr5655]

Awesome !!! As always👍

[@thechaosgardener]

You’re a great teacher. Thanks for posting. I love elderberry’s and guerrilla gardening edible perennials.

[@edibleacres]

You are so welcome!

[@kylethelincey]

This is exactly what I needed, thank you. Blue Eldeberry grows all over the place here in Idaho, wanted to grow some on my property too.

[@edibleacres]

Hope they root and grow for you in great ways!

[@lwhowell4387]

Blue Elderberry , Sambucus Canadensis Cerulea, can be a little more difficult to propagate than the Black varieties.

[@christineortmann359]

We’re growing 3 varieties of currants ,raspberries, blackberries. Going to add Aronia berries this year along with native plums . Thanks for the information. I can use it to grow more plants 😁

[@gdub2485]

Great lesson, super excited to grow elders, thx!

[@edibleacres]

Hope they root wonderfully for you!

[@salmanel-farsi3744]

I can't believe it is that easy. This is great. I have one Elderberry and that is all I need to get started. Thanks.

[@Bioluvskatz]

Thanks so much... just what i was needing to see!

[@edibleacres]

Hoping you. have great success!

[@sheilaanderson912]

Great video! Thanks for sharing :)

[@beltoftruth56]

Thank you for making this so easy

[@edibleacres]

You’re welcome 😊

[@alexkerpe930]

thankyou very much for sharing your experience. Learning a lot from your channel :)

[@KpopMom1980]

Found a few elderberries on my sisters property and I was wanting to take some with me to grow some at our house :) thank you for your video :)

[@edibleacres]

Happy to share. Wait until the fall and they should do wonderfully for you...

[@mcallaghan7681]

I was looking forward to a video from you regarding our current circumstance, so thank you. I've watched almost all of your videos, and would like to ask a favor if it is okay. Could you put a video out kind of like a bullet point, Reader's Digest version of how to start a compost/chicken/garden area. I'm thinking of getting a few chickens and will definitely be gardening this summer, so I thought I might set aside some space to start a mini version of your system. Thanks again for all you share.

[@edibleacres]

Thanks for your note here, glad you've enjoyed the channel. We may try to offer some more concise overviews of our systems as time allows.

[@4beauty4food]

You are an inspiration. Will be planting a living wall of elder and black currant next year from those I planted this year.

[@edibleacres]

Best of luck!

[@trockodile]

Another inspirational and timely upload, thank you so much from the Highlands of Scotland. P. S. Loved the look on your face as you talked about gorilla planting, awesome. 🌱😁🦍😈🌳

[@edibleacres]

Definitely a favorite activity :)

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

I just put a bunch of elderberry cuttings in. Now it's time to play the waiting game....

[@darmocat]

I love this channel but I live in the high plains where our conditions are desert like. I love watching these videos though.

[@edibleacres]

These approaches would be tough in that context.

[@brennadobos5083]

Thank you for this!!

[@edibleacres]

You're so welcome!

[@kellymichellelee]

Sean @edibleacres & everyone, this is REALLY IMPORTANT. One of my friends is starting a community garden.. all your local officials are responsive right now, with all the shut downs.. my friend advocated for some land to grow gardens to help make his community independently more food secure.. he got their soccer fields because of the social distancing recommendations. He's going to collaborate on a massive scale.. Guerilla gardening 2.0! This is something we should all try to do! I'm contacting my local YMCA.. they own our community soccer fields.. worth advocating for. Please share this, the more of us that step up to restore community during his and help feed our friends and family. 💚

[@PhilaPeter]

I liked the video not because I don't like the majority of your videos, but because I use my liked playlist as a music repository and I try to avoid too much non-melodic 'clutter'. You mentioned guerrilla plantings of Sambuca and that deserves a like.

[@amandathurston2720]

I found an elderberry tree on my property that someone had cut to a stump, the base looks like a tree base! And the new growth is very bushy

[@LB-px2zo]

Genius!

[@BeardedHeroThe]

I enjoy that this video was basically "just yeet it in to some dirt and it'll grow"

[@emptynestgardens9057]

I'm so glad I just found your channel searching this topic! New sub Zone5 🇨🇦 Excited to learn from your channel!

[@edibleacres]

Glad to have you visiting with us!

[@terrynoraturner1848]

Went to south La. last month and cut and igloo ice chest of wild elderberry and the big greenish muscadines. I cut vines with 3 foot of air roots and trimmed the roots to about 10"s on the muscadine. Covered the roots and 3/4 up on the elderberries. The raised bumps on the elder is white and swollen but they have 4 inches of leaves and are in NW OK now.

[@jeremiahshine]

You're the only one other than myself that instructs to fold over the grass. I heat with wood so I have a good supply of bark slabs. No one ever taught me that. I think it comes from laziness!😄 40+ years ago my dad hat me mowing and weed eating. We had a horse and pony so lots of fencing for pasture. I hated nothing more than trudging out there with the weed eater longer than I was tall. One day as I trimmed a with the push mower a big dead branch had fallen from a tree. As I pulled the mower back I eyeballed the posts grudgingly...and came up on the dead wood. I rarely weed eater after that. 😄

[@elizmunro1683]

Big smile here

[@midkiffsjoy]

Mom brought home a rooted elderberry stick in a pot home from the master gardener sale and sat it down in the yard. It grew through the pot, into the ground, took over the yard, jumped the driveway and went under the house and is now in the barnyard and orchard too. I'm trying to move it all and am happy it roots easily. Just.... where I actually WANT it. Roflmbo

[@edibleacres]

Ha!

[@666Kazekage666]

Ive heard it's a bit harder with sambucus mexicana. Blue elderberry but the process is the same. Cant wait to try

[@carinrichardson]

My elderberry was looking nice and green then a suprise snow storm occured in Colorado so now half of it is on the ground. I hope I can at least salvage some for cuttings.

[@dancingcedar]

Thank you. Super helpul level of detail of photos and verbal explanation.. Question.... putting them in the ground in the fall or in the Spring...is one better than the other? Thank you.

[@yolylacy5416]

You can do the same with moringa orifeira. I wish we could grow those here in the desert. Thank you.

[@hakdov6496]

i am definitely going to try some guerrilla planting of elderberry now

[@edibleacres]

They are pretty fun to do that way :)

[@hakdov6496]

@@edibleacres I did 20 of them along a trail by my house and used an old screwdriver to poke holes for them. Worked great! I can't wait to see how many actually grow.

[@travisdavis1042]

Any pointers on when and how to cut and root Aronia Melanocarpa? I’ve got a few bushes that my father has planted around and I’d like to multiply the yield. You’ve done so much to help me through this learning curve. I really appreciate any sight you may have on the matter. Best wishes to you and Sasha.

[@edibleacres]

Glad you've found the videos useful! I personally haven't had good luck rooting aronia from hardwood cuttings... They natrually sucker and spread so that is one route (dig up suckers) but if you want to try cuttings, I suspect finding a very low branch somewhere to cut and prioritizing that wood as what you propagate with... Also look into 'stool layering' for more information and options. Good luck!

[@thehedgerow]

Hi!! Thank you so much for all of this wonderful information! It helped so much :) Ok so I am in Kansas, if I put elderberry cuttings in the ground, will they be ok through our freezes here? It can get so cold. Thank you for any more info!

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Wish I knew more of this..and had time ..( I bought plants and had a decent amount for home production) before I became disabled..

[@edibleacres]

I'm sorry to hear that, but the good news is that just a few plants of these will make amazing amounts of beautiful flowers and fruit for you to enjoy!

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

@@edibleacres now I just need a kindred spirit to do it...

[@nancywebb6549]

I have two large elderberries and am going to stick the cuttings into my raised beds that are cover cropped for winter. I shop in a small nursery that gives them to customers.

[@edibleacres]

That should work wonderfully!

[@judithstorck5195]

Great video. Since you are in a more Northern Climate that is wonderful. We are in the Desert, 50 miles West of Phoenix Arizona. The zone is 9b - will elderberry (cuttings started indoors until a good root system is established) survive our harsh Summer heat?? Plan an area for partial Sun so they do not get baked in Summer.

[@cherylelsberry5158]

Can one do this in the fall or is spring better? You were very informative, thanks.

[@nicholasnapier2684]

I would like to grow Mulberry that way as well I wonder if that is possible to have never done that I like the Elderberry idea cuz this stuff works...

[@deborahmeijer9697]

We got a elderberry that was a huge tree. It fell down years ago and rotted allmoast compleatly thrugh only a small piece of about 3x3 cm still connects. You guessed it it still lives and thrives with all new branches. It will stay (because i love the look and love how strong it is). Lucky us the previous owners were lazy and did not burn it. I am convinced you can't kill them 😎 Douwn side is that there are seedlings poping up everywhere 😅🤣

[@edibleacres]

You can put mulch on those new shoots to help support them if you wanted :)

[@deborahmeijer9697]

@@edibleacres the new shoots are comming from the apearing dead tree ;) It supports itself just above ground. The all the new self apearing seedlings need to be relocated because of our foundation and they are growing against the house 😅 They will be mulched tho. The big one too but after we cleaned as much of the soil.

[@Nic-mj3ep]

hi! I just got some currant cuttings from you. What might be best practice for dealing with the red and jostaberry currant cuttings? I have some permanent raised bed rows mulched heavy with a ramial mulch that I'd like to plant them in, but I wonder if I should just shove them in the ground after watching this.

[@edibleacres]

I would plant them in a nice rich garden bed this fall to root and grow beautifully this upcoming season and then next fall transplant them to their final location.

[@jakebarney]

Not that I initially intended for my food forest to be heavy in currant, elder and willow but Ive got all 3. I suppose filling in my empty space with free bushes to speed up soil production is only a plus for the earth so I might as well

[@maryhoffman9551]

Would this method work with goumi, jostaberry, and/or honeyberry? Thanks for a helpful video - great for us beginners!

[@edibleacres]

Jostaberry - yes for sure Goumi - almost certainly not (they are tricky, plan to save seed, keep it moist in a pot of soil when you finish eating the fruit, and let them grow year 2!) Honeyberry - mainly no... They propagate wonderfully from stool layering, you can search our videos for more info there...

[@EveEmshwiller]

@@edibleacres I'd like to find another method for propagating haskaps. I have jumping worms in the soil at my Madison, WI home, so I worry about stool layering, because it would probably mean the worms hitching a ride on the divisions. I hope there's a reasonable alternative for rooting cuttings or something. Any ideas?

[@raczjozsef6941]

Hey man! this youtube algorithm is really getting it right. I find pretty much all the plants I am working with at the mo on the right hand size suggestions. And they are all from on your channel, so thanks a lot for sharing all this. I really got into elderberry vinegar in the past few years so growing more elder is the plan! I cut back (coppice) one meduim size plant last year and took cuttings from the new growth now, so I feel happy with all that, thanks to you. My QUESTION is how long til the mother plant will produce flowers/berries again after a full blown coppicing? I guess the cuttings will take 3 years to get there? Thanks again! PS I was advice to only propagate from wild elder which has nice smelling flowers. Would you think that the stinkier ones would produce bad tasting berries too?

[@edibleacres]

Let's see here... Plants cut back, if American Elder, can produce flowers and fruit 1 year from cutting!!! Not always, but often. 2 years is a reasonable estimate. European Elder is 2 years out generally... The cuttings you stuck, keep an eye out for them trying to flower and pinch those year 1 so they focus on rooting... The 'stinky' ones (those are most likely European) are valuable in their own right, and there is value in propagating both I'd hope to say!

[@rinLund]

Have you ever tried it with gooseberries of any variety? Or jostaberries? I assume they would also root, maybe like red, pink, and white currants. I'm just getting started over here in dry Utah, but we hope to have our own little food forest on our little postage stamp lot. Thank you so much for all your videos. I think you are changing the world.

[@edibleacres]

Josta 100% easy this way, gooseberry is more a 'tip layer' type.

[@rinLund]

@@edibleacres thank you!!!

[@tinkalinks]

Thank you for this. I have been looking at my elderberry that I grow in a pot, wondering if I can do anything with the pruned cuttings. I am in the process of transitioning my lawn to food for me or pollinators

[@edibleacres]

That is great. Elder will definitely love to be planted outside of the pot as soon as you can!

[@fallenangelwi25]

Thank you so much!!!! We have an airated septic system that filters and cleans the water then pours it into what we call the bowl. A valley on our property. Where the run off is there are amazingly lush grass and weeds already this year. I plan to plant all our elderberry in the cleaned runoff so it will always be watered year round!!! I'm thinking to plant the European on the slope and the American in the bottom of the bowl so they're near each other yet separated. Do you think they would grow well there? Also when should I plant them outside? I have them in dirt inside right now as I don't want frost to kill them. Last frost is April 9th so I'm planting all our plants the 14th to ensure no frost.

[@edibleacres]

Frost won't kill them. I've had cuttings laying on the ground all winter, exposed, to 3F or even below 0F and they root in the spring. But since you've already gotten them used to indoor mellow temps, continue that so they don't get shocked. In the future go for outdoors the whole time and they naturally harden off no problems.

[@fallenangelwi25]

@@edibleacres awesome thank you 🙂 they will be planted April 14th ish then lol. My last frost date is the 9th but I try to ensure no frost

[@leogutierrez8594]

Hello, a new subscriber. Thanks for all your tips Questions: How long can you keep cutting before planting ?

[@edibleacres]

Ideal is to plant ASAP, and then it is a steady and gentle decline, so prioritize their needs whenever you can